Decorative Arts & Design
Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich
MetalworkGlass
Details
- Author / creator
- Hans Rütter (Swiss, 1550–1610)
- Object type
- Glass
- Date or period
- 1593
- Dimensions summary
- Diameter: 45.1 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Hans Rütter
- Period / style
- Renaissance
- Place of origin
- Switzerland
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1955
About this object
The large shield at center incorporating the double eagle (insignia of the Holy Roman Empire) is surrounded by thirty small shields-those of the wards of the city of Zurich. In the late 1400s, it was customary for neighboring Swiss towns and cantons to exchange panels of stained glass to promote closer political relationships.
Materials and technique
White glass with silver stain and pot metal
